Mission Mountain Rodeo draws good crowd
Cowboy Judd Applegate of Deer Lodge straddles a plunging paint during Friday's saddle bronc competition at the Mission Mountain Rodeo. He ended up in first with his 77-point ride. (Kristi Niemeyer/Leader)
Team ropers were ready for action Friday night at the Mission Mountain Rodeo in Polson. (Kristi Niemeyer/Leader)
Grandstands at the Polson Fairgrounds were brimming with spectators Friday night during round one of the Mission Mountain Rodeo. (Kristi Niemeyer/Leader)
There's always time for ice-cream, even in the midst of a rodeo. (Kristi Niemeyer/Leader)
Rider cuts around the final barrel before heading to the finish line at the Mission Mountain Rodeo, held last weekend at the Polson Fairgrounds. (Kristi Niemeyer/Leader)
Big Circle Rodeo supplied the surly broncs for last weekend's Mission Mountain Rodeo in Polson. (Kristi Niemeyer/Leader)
Audience members flocked to the Mission Mountain Rodeo on Friday and Saturday nights. Attendance was up, according to Polson Fairgrounds Inc. secretary Una Rose Graham. PFI produces the annual event.
“The weather was perfect, not too hot, not too cold,” Graham said, adding that lots of people showed up to watch the youth events at 6 p.m. Youth events were mutton bustin’, mini bull riding and pony mini-buckers.
According to Jodi Seifert, who organizes the mutton bustin’, “All the kids events were full. Everybody did great. We had very large crowds each night, too.”
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